Symposium - "New Directions in Scholarship on the Vietnam War," 50th anniv. of May 4th at Kent State Univ.

Shane Strate Discussion
Type: 
Symposium
Date: 
February 29, 2020
Location: 
Ohio, United States
Subject Fields: 
American History / Studies, Asian History / Studies, Peace History / Studies, Political Science, Southeast Asian History / Studies

The May 4th Event

and New Directions in Scholarship on the Vietnam War

 

A History Symposium Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of May 4th
February 29, 2020

KIVA, Kent State University

 On February 29, 2020, The Department of History at Kent State University will host a research symposium entitled, “The May 4th Event and New Directions in Scholarship on the Vietnam War.” The symposium will be part of the university’s year-long effort to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the May 4th event. The department has invited scholars of the Vietnam War from across North America to speak on the memory and meaning of this period. Organized into two panels, the symposium which will address the war’s significance in the United States, and its legacy in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The symposium will address issues related to war and society in order to focus attention on the tragedy that unfolded on campus, while situating that event within a global context. In addition, it will be a forum in which leading scholars can assemble to discuss their methodologies on the study of the Vietnam War.

 

Plenary Speaker

Thomas M. Grace is a Professor of History at Erie Community College and was one of nine students wounded during the Kent State shootings. He is the author of Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties, a critically acclaimed book that studies the May 4th event at the nexus of working-class culture and counterculture at regional state universities like KSU in the 1960s.

 

Invited Presenters

Christian Appy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Robert Brigham, Vassar College

Jessica Chapman, Williams College

Meredith Lair, George Mason University

Van Nguyen-Marshall, Trent University

Shane Strate, Kent State University

Heather Sturr, University of Southern Mississippi

Tuong Vu, University of Oregon

 

Kent State University is located in Kent, OH. By car, the university can be accessed from either Interstate 80 or Interstate 76. Out-of-state guests traveling by air should fly into either Cleveland-Hopkins International airport (1 hour from campus), or Canton-Akron airport (30 minutes from campus). Information on transportation to KSU, hotel accommodations near the university, parking, or maps of campus can be found at: https://www.kent.edu/go/visitor-information

Attendees to the symposium are encouraged to make time for the May 4th Visitor’s Center, located in Taylor Hall. The Center hosts a short documentary film explaining the events, and there is also a walking tour of the May 4th site. For more information please see the website:

https://www.kent.edu/may4visitorscenter

Anyone interested in attending or learning about other events associated with the 50th Anniversary of May 4th, please visit the university’s commemoration website: https://www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50

We look forward to seeing you at Kent State University on February 29, 2020.

Kevin Adams,

Chair, History Department

Kent State University

Ann Heiss, Co-organizer

mheiss@kent.edu

Shane Strate, Co-organizer

sstrate@kent.edu

Contact Info: 

For more information please contact Shane Strate (sstrate@kent.edu) in the Department of History at Kent State University. 

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